sacred

Reserved for the exclusive use of something (an
extension of the standard meaning). Often means that anyone may
look at the sacred object, but clobbering it will screw whatever it
is sacred to. The comment "Register 7 is sacred to the interrupt
handler" appearing in a program would be interpreted by a hacker
to mean that if any other part of the program changes the
contents of register 7, dire consequences are likely to ensue.

Poet and saint to thee alone were given,
The two most sacred names of earth and heaven.
Cowley.

4.

Hence, not to be profaned or violated; inviolable.

Secrets of marriage still are sacred held.
Dryden.

5.

Consecrated; dedicated; devoted; -- with to.

A temple, sacred to the queen oflove.
Dryden.

6.

Solemnly devoted, in a bad sense, as to evil, vengeance, curse, or the like; accursed; baleful.

[Archaic]

But, to destruction sacred and devote.
Milton.

Society of the Sacred HeartR.C. Ch., a religious order of women, founded in France in 1800, and approved in 1826. It was introduced into America in 1817. The members of the order devote themselves to the higher branches of female education. -- Sacred baboon. Zool. See Hamadryas. -- Sacred beanBot., a seed of the Oriental lotus (Nelumbo speciosa or Nelimbium speciosum), a plant resembling a water lily; also, the plant itself. See Lotus. -- Sacred beetleZool. See Scarab. -- Sacred canon. See Canon, n., 3. -- Sacred fishZool., any one of fresh-water African fishes of the family Mormyridae. Several large species inhabit the Nile and were considered sacred by the ancient Egyptians; especially Mormyris oxyrhynchus. -- Sacred ibis. See Ibis. -- Sacred monkey. Zool. (a) Any Asiatic monkey of the genus Semnopitchecus, regarded as sacred by the Hindoos; especially, the entellus. See Entellus. (b) The sacred baboon. See Hamadryas. (c) The blunder monkey. -- Sacred place CivilLaw, the place where a deceased person is buried.